Because people are living longer, and because abortion is so prevalent among younger people, there are proportionately more older people than before; hence a statistically different proportion of death causes.

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posted on 01/11/2012 10:01:53 AM PST
by Albion Wilde
(A land of hyper-legalisms is not the same as a land of law. --Mark Steyn)

I lived in a place where the sheriff boasted that he solved 100% of his cases. They found a body and he couldn’t solve it, so he came out with, “I have ruled this a suicide. This man stabbed himself in the back 15 times.” Kept a straight face all through the press conference.

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posted on 01/11/2012 10:55:15 AM PST
by blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")

"Criminologists have not reached a consensus about what's been driving murder rates down..."

That's because they're liars. Their predecessors knew that an aging population would cause the trend. Criminologists want to help their professional and political friends to rob old folks (not as likely recidivists) and their few heirs of their properties. They laughingly call such actions, "politics" (been there).

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posted on 01/11/2012 11:08:31 AM PST
by familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)

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